born 1868 in Scotter son of Henry (a farmer from Scotterthorpe) and Ellen (nee Bayes of Willingham by Stow) family lived on Sands Lane

served his blacksmith apprenticeship in Corringham there he met and married Sarah Jane Paulger on 1st December 1896 lived and worked in Gainsborough as a blacksmith journeyman

enlisted 10th April 1899 as 34632 Gunner, Royal Field Artillery a Wesleyan 5 foot 6 and a half inches tall, 8 stone 13 lbs, dark brown eyes, black hair served in South Africa during the Boer War moved his family to live at 14 Barrack Road, Leeds in 1900 had 3 fingers amputated due to:-‘accident when not on duty...his right hand jammed between the gun and wheels going into action'after this he became a shoeing smith promoted to Corporal in 1903 also served in India for 5 years and 9 months

wife Sarah died of pneumonia on 22nd June 1907 daughter Frances Ellen lived at 71 Victoria Street, Batley with his sister Dinah and her husband Herbert Coldwell after completing 12 years service he joined the 13th Reserve Battery

in 1911 working as a warehouse labourer and lodging with daughter Frances at 71 Victoria Street, Batley - the Coldwell's family home

re-enlisted into his old regiment on 25th September 1914 discharged 29th July 1916 as a result of sickness and received Silver War Badge 203164 started to receive his war pension on 6th December 1916

worked as a blacksmith in Lincoln lived at 95 Cannon Street, Lincoln with widow and munitions worker Helena Louise Howard married her on 16th June 1917 at Lincoln Registry Office

born 4th June 1893 in Scotterthorpeson of Henry (a farm labourer from Tetney) and Sarah (nee Bird of Ulceby) mother died 10th January 1896 aged just 29

a Methodist attended Scotter School headmaster Charles Wakerley wanted him to continue his education and train to be a teacher family circumstances meant he had to find work

aged 17 was employed at the Scotterthorpe farm of Elizabeth and the late George Proudley before the Great War worked as a farm labourer at Graizelound near Haxey met Dorothy ‘Dolly’ Jane Berry of Haxey

‘wanted to have an adventure’ against his father’s wishes, enlisted as a volunteer at Grimsby on 19th May 1915 described as 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing 126 pounds posted to Luton and Abbot’s Langley, Hertfordshire served in St. Albans as a groom sent to Ireland during the Rebellion of 1916

returned to High Wycombe as the groom of an officer’s horsesrode a white horse which he remembered with great affection highly regarded the officer offered him a job after the war (he later regretted not taking up the offer) and gave him the following reference:-

‘Has been employed part of his time assisting the shoeing smiths. He is a splendid groom and takes great care of his horses and is sober and very painstaking in all he has been asked to do’

posted to the Base Depot in France on 28th November 1917 joined 82nd Brigade the following month in battle went over a ridge with his pals and saw them all gunned down

on 24th August 1918 was one of 3 drivers of a horse drawn gun carriage which ran over a mineone suffered 22 wounds and the other was shell shocked James was uninjured and managed to round up the horses and get them and his fellow drivers back to base camp as a result he was awarded the Military Medal on 13th October 1918 ‘for bravery in the field‘gazetted 11th February 1919 his picture shows him wearing his Military Medal ribbon

returned to England on 7th June 1919 demobilized at Charlton on 11th July

went back to his old job on the Epworth farm regularly travelled to see Dolly at Leeds where she was working married her at Haxey Church on 5th June 1922

employed at Scunthorpe gas works on Doncaster Road stayed rith the company until retirement bought a new house with a large garden on Buckingham Avenue in 1934 loved his garden and also had an allotment on Normanby Road died 10th April 1983 aged 89 cremated at Scunthorpe

mother buried in the churchyard and father in Scotter Cemetery brother of John William (below)

born 20th February 1889 in Scotterthorpe son of Henry (a farm labourer from Tetney) and Sarah (nee Bird of Ulceby) mother died in January 1896 aged just 29

became a collier

enlisted at Gainsborough on 15th January 1915 sent to Lincoln camp; moved to Swanick in February and Whittington in April arrived in the Balkans on 22nd September 1915 suffered a gun shot wound to the left wrist on 17th September 1916 hospitalised until 27th January 1917 medical report stated:- '...considerable loss (of) grip, unable to clench fist tightly... limited movement joints' discharged 21st June 1918 as a result of wounds and received Silver War Badge 429813 described as just over 5 feet 5 inches tall weighing 145 pounds

in the early 1920's continued to be medically assessed at Workington, Cumbria received a war pension

married Elizabeth A. ('Cissy') Graham at Flimby near Maryport, Cumbria later moved with his damily to live at Collingham near Wetherby died in 1968 aged 78

father buried in Scotter Cemetery brother of James (above)

Photo from Sylvia Anderson, his niece

H.J. SCUPHOLME

Herbert John Scupholme 147900 Driver, Royal Field Artillery

born 6th May 1896 in Scotter son of Thomas Chessman (a farmer from Scotter) and Lizzie (nee Stokes of Frodingham)

played football for Scotter married Dorothy Picksley on 13th October 1920 at St. Peter's Church

became a blacksmith for a time

for many years worked as the caretaker of Scotter school lived at 6 Franklin Road, Scotter

born 26th April 1896 in Scotter son of Thomas (a farmer from Scotter) and Mary Elizabeth (nee Hicks of Lincoln)

played football for Scotter

married Agnes Maud King at the Primitive Methodist Chapel on 23rd July 1924 member of Scotter cricket club pall bearer at the funeral of Fred Butler (West face) in 1939 a Scotter ARP Warden in World War Two became a lorry driver drove cattle wagons for Ernest Bird keen supporter of Scotter Brass Band; regularly attended rehearsals at the Village Institute in later life lived at Dudley Road, Brigg played for Brigg Bowls Club

born 13th August 1880 at Althorpe; birth registered at Tranmere son of James Alexander (a mariner from Tranmere) and Ann Rebecca (nee Popplewell of Althorpe)

1891 census listed him as visiting the Sharp family at Crowle in 1901 he was a blast furnace man, lodging at The Screeds, Ashby his mother and siblings lived at Toxteth, Liverpool where she died in 1902

became a farm labourer worked at Bunkers Hill, Haxey, West Butterwick and Blyton came to Scotter and lived at The Green

enlisted on 31st May 1916 at Lincolnnext of kin was his sister, Beatrice Anne Cheesman of Old Brumby Road near Scunthorpe joined the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) arrived in France on 26th September 1916 wounded in action with a gun shot wound to the face on 20th October sent to Wimereux Hospital and then home to Northern Command Depot at Ripon returned to France on 15th July 1917 hurt his ankle on 31st July while ration carrying in the trenches suffered with osteoarthritis of the right knee returned via Boulogne on 15th November and admitted to Horton Manor Hospital at Epsom went back to Ripon in January 1918 and posted to 8th (Reserve) Battalion at Sunderland again sent overseas on 31st March 1918 demobilized and transferred to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve on 6th March 1919

re-enlisted on 28th May 1919 and joined the Labour Corps at Pontefractvolunteered to work on grave exhumations was one of 8000 volunteers sent overseas that managed to re-inter some 200,000 soldiers enjoyed Christmas leave in the U.K. discharged on 28th April 1920 ‘character very good’described as Church of England, 5 foot 6 inches tall, fresh complexion, blue eyes and light brown hair, ‘top of left ear missing’

letters sent to Scotter were returned to the Army with ‘whereabouts unknown’ he was living at Temple’s lodging house, 70 Marshgate, Doncaster near the railway station

born 9th May 1895 in Scotter son of Thomas (a farmer's rabbit catcher from Kirton-in-Lindsey) and Fanny (nee Massey of Willingham) baptised on 3rd July 1909 at St. Peter's Church family lived at River View

became a grocer working at Butler's shop on the corner of Hobb Lane and High Street

enlisted 10th December 1915 at Gainsborough called up on 29th December 1916 and sent to South Camp, 4 Depot at Ripon described as 5 feet 9 and a half inches tall arrived in France on 13th March 1917 transferred to 12th Labour Corps on14th May 1917 joined 717th Company on 30th March 1918 posted back to the Royal Garrison Artillery on 7th June

returned to England for two and a half weeks on 15th June married Mary Ball on 28th June at St. Peter’s Church

the Gainsborough News of 5th July 1918 reported:-'A very pretty and interesting wedding took place in the Parish Church on Friday afternoon, when Miss Mary Ball was united in the bands of Holy Matrimony with Gunner Walter Smith, R.G.A., home on furlough from France.The bride was given away by her brother Mr Harold Ball, and was attended by her sister Miss Eva Ball, and Miss Frances Smith, sister of the bridegroom, as bridesmaids, while the groomsman was his brother, Mr Fred Smith. The Rector, the Rev. J. Blew, was the officiating minister, and the organist, Miss Dorothy Streets, played appropriate music while the large congregation of guests and well wishers assembled, and Mendelssohn's Wedding March while the register was being signed. The girls of the C.E School, looking sweetly pretty in white dresses and hair ribbons, and carrying baskets of flowers, lined the path from the Church, and scattered flowers in the path of the happy pair, while the bells rang out a joyous peel. The bride, the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Ball, of Saxby, has held the post of assistant mistress in the C.E. school for five years, and during that time has not only won the the respect and esteem of the scholars, but also of their parents and the villagers generally. The bridegroom is the second son of Mr Tom Smith, of River View, and before joining up was an assistant with Messrs. Butler and Son, Manchester House. He has had about fifteen months service in France, and it was only a stroke of luck that saved him from being taken prisoner during the first Hun onslaught of March 21st. Gunner Smith returned to France on Monday evening, and Mrs Smith will carry on her duties in the school until her husband returns to civil life...'

returned to France and stayed overseas until 9th October 1919 demobilized on 22nd October 1919

suffered with the after effects of trench lifeworked as a driver for Lidgett's Bakery lived at 'Zaydene', Mount Street (now 20 Messingham Road) did not have children member of Scotter cricket club pall bearer at the funeral of Fred Butler (West face) in 1939

part of Scotter Observer Corps in World War Two succumbed to a paralyis which quickly weakened and overtook him died 21st August 1943 aged 48 buried alongside his wife in Scotter Cemetery parents buried in the churchyard

Photo by Steve Snowden, his grandson

A.C. SNOWDEN

Arthur Cook Snowden48793 Sapper, 91st Field Company, Royal Engineers

born 1895 in Scotter son of Adam (a coal dealer from Westwoodside) and Ann (Anna; nee Cook of Scotter)

family lived on West Street served as an apprentice and became a shoeing smith

enlisted 8th September 1914 at Gainsborough, claiming to be 20 years old, and sent to Lincoln described as 5 foot 6 inches tall, weighing 130 pounds, blue eyes, brown hair, Church of England classed ‘proficient blacksmith’ with pay of a shilling a day arrived in France on 10th July 1915

early in 1916 the ‘Gainsborough News’ reported he was:- 'home on furlough from the trenches in France and was involved in heavy fighting'admitted to hospital on 23rd April 1916 and rejoined his unit 2 weeks later in October daily rate increased by 4 pence to a ‘skilled rate of engineer pay’ wounded at duty on 22nd August 1917 on 22nd September the ‘Lincolnshire Chronicle’ stated:- ‘Sapper Arthur Snowden is having a few days leavefrom France. He volunteered as soon as the war began in August 1914 (being at the time apprenticed to a blacksmith)…. and has been through much of the fighting. This is his second leave since he went to France in the spring of 1915. He has been gassed once and wounded once.’ two weeks later the ‘Gainsborough News’ also reported his wounding

on 9th November 1918, 2 days before the Armistice, again admitted to hospital joined the 59th Field Company on 29th March 1919 and demobilized on 22nd May

became a blacksmith and farrier in 1921 married his sister-in-law Maud Rodgers (sister of Thomas; South face)

died from pneumonia at Mattersey on 15th October 1929 aged 34 buried in Scotter churchyard as is his father his mother and his wife buried in Scotter Cemetery

born 3rd March 1893 in Scotter son of Adam (a coal dealer from Westwoodside) and Ann (Anna; nee Cook of Scotter)

became a groomsman best man at brother Walter's wedding

enlisted 12th December 1915 at Kirton-in-Lindsey called up into the Lincolnshires on 5th February 1916 described as 5 feet 5 inches tall transferred to the Durham Light Infantry on 25th November 1916 and to the Labour Corps on 28th April 1917 made Acting Corporal on 11th May 1918

married Florence Jane Cockerill ('Florrie') on 21st July 1917 at Scarborough Registry Office set up home at 16 Dean Road, Scarborough while he was in the Army their son Frank Edward was born demobilized on 9th October 1919 and transferred to Class 'Z' Army Reserve address given as 33 Castlegate, Malton

died 1962 aged 68 in the Ryedale registration district father buried in the churchyard and mother in Scotter Cemetery

son of Adam (a coal dealer from Westwoodside) and Ann (Anna; nee Cook of Scotter) family lived on West Street

as a young man worked as a domestic servant at the West Street farm of William Fox

became a baker in 1911 living at Darlington in the home of Joseph James Hutchinson (a tailor) and his wife Isabella Mary (nee Saunderson) married her younger sister Elizabeth Ada Saunderson at Darlington in 1913 son Arthur born in 1915 lived at 38 Rydal Road, Bank Top, Darlington

enlisted on 11th December 1915 in the town described as Wesleyan, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 134 pounds called up on 24th August 1918 and posted to the depot at Wareham sent to Bovington Camp in Dorset at Ripon given 28 days furlough on 27th January 1919 with demobilization to follow transferred to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve

died in 1956 aged 73 in the Darlington registration district father buried in the churchyard and mother in Scotter Cemetery

enlisted 12th December 1915 at Kirton-in-Lindsey wounded on 2nd December 1917 and blinded in one eye possibly recommended for the Military Medal

died in 1975 aged 88 in the Doncater registration district father buried in the churchyard and mother in Scotter Cemetery brother of Arthur Cook (above) brother of Frank (above) brother of Harris (above)

born 26th March 1891 at Manchester grandson of William (an agricultural foreman from Caldecote, Cambridgeshire) and Harriett (nee Pogson of Nettleham) cousin of Thomas and Herbert Scupholme (see above)

in 1901 was living with his grandparents at Grayingham grandparents moved to lived at West Street, Scotter joined the Oddfellows Society worked for 5 years as an iron driller for the Yorkshire Engineering Company of Sheffield

enlisted 2nd September 1914 at Sheffield described as 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighing 114 pounds, Church of England had a fresh complexion, hazel eyes and black hair

joined the 8th Battalion disembarked in France on 27th August 1915 early in 1916 ‘home on furlough from the trenches in France and was involved in heavy fighting’suffered a gunshot wound to his right shoulder on 1st July 1916 at the Battle of the Somme returned to England later that week hospitalised in Bristol; later moved to a Gloucester convalescent home with:- 'little use of the right arm and hand but there is every hope of a complete recovery in course of time' posted to the 3rd Battalion at Alnwick on 8th June 1917 and discharged 2nd August 1917 received Silver War Badge 133519 as no longer medically fit for active service address was 11 Main Road, Handsworth, Sheffield

lived and married at Sheffield died in 1987 aged 96 grandparents buried in Scotter churchyard

called up as 5042 Private, 3/5th Battalion on 4th April and in June transferred to the 1/6ths sent overseas on 15th August suffered a gunshot wound to the arm on 5th February 1917 wounded by a rifle bullet to the right thigh and hospitalised in France

returned to Depot in Junesent back to France on 9th September 1917 and posted to 1/5ths later that month served almost 3 months as an unpaid Lance Corporal arrived back in the United Kingdom on 10th November 1918, the day before Armistice discharged from service on 13th June 1919 at the Red Cross General Hospital, Bellahouston, Glasgow next month an examination assessed his ‘degree of disablement’ as 60% due to wounds received the Silver War Badge B227079 as no longer medically fit for active service

married Ida Florence Lockwood (nee Vickers; his sister-in-law) in 1924 helped run Scotter United

in the late 1920's moved to Scunthorpe worked at Appleby Frodingham steelworks lived at 55 Dale Street but never really settled and missed 'the village life' a member of the Liberal Club regularly bicycled to Scotter to watch his son Ronald (Ron) play cricket & football for the village went blind in the last years of his life which affected him greatly

died from a heart attack on 27th November 1965 aged 76 buried at Brumby Cemetery parents buried in the churchyard brother of Ernest (below)

born 25th September 1896 in Scotter son of John (a draper from Scotter) and Sarah Ann (nee Tuxford of Brigg)

enlisted by 1915 wounded and hospitalised in France during 1917 wounded in fighting on the Western front in 1918 and removed to a hospital in England ended the war with a hole in his shoulder and an injury to the back of his head

played football for Scotter United a kind and generous man married Evelina Vickers ('Evelyn') in 1920 set up their first home on South Street (now High Street)

worked at Scunthorpe steelworks and then became a storekeeper for Caffin's moved with his job to places that included Hessle, Havant, Leigh-on-Sea, Ilford and Ruislip finally moved to live at 15 Reedman Road, Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire enjoyed a small flutter on horse racing and keen on all sports

died suddenly on 9th April 1958 aged 61 cremated at Wilford, Nottingham parents buried in the churchyard brother of Charles (above)